Cisco Talos Quarterly Report Incident Response Trends in Q1 2023

In the latest Cisco Talos Incident Response (IR) Trends report, web shells overtook ransomware as the most-observed threat, comprising almost 25% of threats observes by Talos in Q1 2023, and ransomware making up less than 10%. Other notable takeaways from the trends report include the observation that 30% of engagements did not have multi-factor authentication (MFA) fully enabled or adopted and the most targeted sectors were healthcare and public health, followed by retail. The best bolster for enterprise security remains MFA, as Talos observed many phishing and ransomware attacks that could have been prevented with proper MFA enablement. Get deeper insights and learn how Cisco Talos provides protection in the face of ever-changing threats.